#cult

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

snuffedwork

[defire]

Fun things about trauma bonds I learned in the cult

(Specifically talking about the bond between victims of the same abuse)

Content: real-life scenarios, ptsd, trauma bond, forced labor, doublethink, emotional repression

Feels like they are the only ones that could ever understand you

Having similar conditioned responses

Having similar extreme responses--things that should be just funny become choking-hazard hilarious, things that should get a chuckle get a synchronous shrug

On that note, often saying the exact same thing in the exact same tone

Specific things like whumper's tone of voice when they say a certain thing, would be a joke when they weren't there

Singing to cope with many hours of forced hard labor, immediately going silent when whumper entered

Talking about the trauma was OFF LIMITS, only code-speak that whumper couldn't understand could be used to warn each other

Only certain feelings were allowed to be shown because we had been conditioned that some feelings were "not safe"

Openly admitting to each other that it wasn't safe inside the house with whumper and then telling outsiders that we were totally safe and thinking we were telling the truth both times

All saying exactly the same lines to strangers (example "we are all wretches" *shrug*)

Married-couple-level nonverbal communication.

"do you want this extra food? I'll sneak it to you under the table." "Give it to [other victim]." "Watch out, whumper's looking." All happened nonverbally with eye and head movements right in front of whumper.

Working together seamlessly (or else!)

As soon as you leave the cult, the pressure that forced the bond in the first place, the trauma-bond relationship can fall apart

No good relationship ever feels as intense or close as the trauma bond, and you wonder what you're doing wrong. Till you realize you aren't panicking constantly--that's the main difference

[dylanisdazed]

How do I get an invite to the cult?

One night when you least expect it—as long as you've been a very good boy and I don't mean good as in happy or helpful, i mean good as in obedient and loyal—you will feel a chill down your spine and your cock will harden. Then a raven will appear at your window and he will knock 69 times.

Then you will know.

[gray-r-regan]

This is fucking gorgeous and reminds me of my theory about what that angel was a metaphor for: fear.

You can't re-enter Nirvana if you've got ten tons of daily survival shit on your mind.

Everything you fear guards your peace -- against your own entry.

Until you learn how to find time away from everything in daily life and be silent, focusing on just breathing, you can't ever go home.

The rich man can't go to heaven any more than a camel can fit through the eye of the needle. He's got too much shit on his mind to quiet it. To go home to himself.

The straight and narrow path to heaven is the Buddha's manifold path because the key to life is balance between your silent, meditative mind and how much you time you spend being "of the world."

Mmmm.

Humanity would be such a beautiful place if people understood that the bible is full of stolen Eastern philosophy told first in fairytale form to the illiterate so they'd believe it as fact from the educated and mysterious rich who knew they'd continue to be revered and obeyed as gods as long as they were the ones who could tell the peasants what god wanted in exchange for the peasant's safety, and then used that way until this very day and age where people who know the truth look at the religious with embarrassent and pity that they can't wake up from the dream in their heads.

Ohm is a very nice sound.

Way better than, you know.

Amen.

[cremsie]

The Lamb

My Lamb from Cult of the Lamb! His name is Orville and he's a foodie I've been very into the game lately

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[archiemcphee]

Secret Cat Cult

Have you heard about the Cat Cult? Your cats are moving around all night, and you think you know what they’re up to, but are you ready for the truth? This set of six soft vinyl 1-3/8" tall cats in robes, a 9/16" tall altar, and one 5/8" long bird sacrifice is a peek into the secret feline world of the Ancient Order of Cats. Worthy of a six-episode documentary on your favorite streaming service. Comes in a box that looks like you’re interrupting a ceremony in the basement.

[seraphsick]

[blwoodhub]

[gothicbutcher666]

𝕭𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝕱𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖐𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖎𝖓

[skullingwaydraws]

Does a hunt that has no violence feed anyone?

[edith-is-dead]

at your service (day 9 + 10 of bunbot's hypnovember :p)

[ooctlt]

Gid and Harrow, what made you decide to leave the church?

[justablkkid]

[goddessofbees]

Fanart of my now favorite Dp x DC crossover Fanfic!

@emacrow amazing fic, hope ya finish it!

[lucidpast]

Martha Mason shows off the "interdimensional portal" in her basement. Just one of the many remnants of the Transdimensional Temple Cult leader who used to own it.

The Transdimensional Temple was a small cult in Columbus, Ohio, that disbanded in 1984.